Ya know who's been on CNBC for decades, and he's never gotten one bit of credit, and they've never brought him out and introduced him as far as I know... is the guy that does the narration going into the commercial breaks between segments for so many of their shows. He does Cramer's show mainly, but he does several others too. Great voice. The guy that says things like this: "And up next... Cramer goes toe to toe with the CEO of sandals maker CROX." That guy. He's been on there forever. A CNBC unsung hero.
I bought a dumpster LYT at $5.80, too dangerous and wild to mention earlier because the masters only buy "Grandma Picks". I got my 7-11, anything safe to park?
In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. --Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
My granny from Boston was born on the 4th so I always think of her. What a battleaxe, old school Boston/British type. Such an amazing lady, lived by the sea in a big house, drove a US Army Jeep willy very poorly. She would pick me up in South Station and drive me to Manchester by the sea. Terrifying ride, no sides to the jeep. She would wear these high water boots and the same skirt and top from seemingly 1800... When Granny drove in town parking was but an estimation she would leave the jeep at times in the street. The local cop would walk over and start her up and move into a parking spot. Granny would be amazed by the cars seemingly auto pilot feature. There was a place Woodmans that served all these lobster it was a by the road boil place.. OMG... And there was a place in town The Puffing Billy that served popovers with every meal... once you go popover at a young age you never go back. Granny cheated at cards but she was tough to catch. She stirred her whiskey with her pointer finger and made the ice clank. She lived in a big beautiful house with paths around the rock cliffs that encircled the pounding ocean. She had a path by the garage down to her own bay which she shared with neighbors and a lobster dude that pulled traps was there and gave her a certain amount to be able to use that area. As a child I went on some early morning lobster rides through the mist, off the shores of Manchester by the sea. God Bless America.
Buy Now, Pay Later giant Klarna valuation drops 86% to $6.5B - WSJ Jul. 01, 2022 4:11 PM ET Klarna (KLAR) This has huge implications that will ripple through the VC space and cause issues. Klarna (KLAR), the Swedish "Buy Now, Pay Later" giant, was said to be close to raising new capital at a valuation of around $6.5B, down substantially from last year's valuation of $46B, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing people with knowledge on the matter. The company is looking to raise nearly $650M primarily from existing stakeholders led by Sequoia Capital, the people added, as reported by the WSJ. Its "Buy Now, Pay Later" offering allows customers to split online payments in installments over an extended period of time without having to pay a fee. BNPL services have become popular among fintech firms during the pandemic due to a historically low interest rate environment. Interest rates, though, are now rising and hence pushing up funding costs. Reduced consumer spending and tighter financial conditions are some other major headwinds that the BNPL space is facing this year. Previously, (June 17) Klarna considers raising funds at $15B valuation.
VZ backed Chinese group BYD overtakes Tesla in global electric vehicle sales Shenzhen-based carmaker and battery group prepares for push into foreign markets <------- BYD, the Chinese auto group backed by GBA's VZ, has dethroned Elon Musk’s Tesla as the world’s biggest electric vehicle producer by sales, signalling China’s rising dominance of the sector. Shenzhen-based BYD sold 641,000 vehicles in the first six months of the year, a more than 300 per cent jump from the same period a year earlier, according to company filings. That compared with 564,000 vehicles sold by Tesla, which has blamed a tough second quarter on supply chain and sales disruptions in China after its operations were hit by coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions. BYDDF>>> $39 EDIT: Stoney's NIO came in with 7024 cars. Last month, NIO delivered 7,024 cars, which is 5% more than a year ago but still relatively far from the level of 10,000 achieved a few times in the previous months. The overwhelming majority of NIO sales are in China, although in late 2021, the company started sales also in Norway (ES8 model). All three SUV models offered by NIO are in the red year-over-year, although the ES6 is down only 3% and remains the most popular model. An interesting thing is that the all-new ET7 flagship sedan has become the second most popular model with 1,707 units sold. Sales by model: ES6 (5-seat SUV): 2,936 (down 3% year-over-year) EC6 (coupe version of the ES6): 1,635 (down 28%) ES8 (7- or 6-seat SUV): 746 (down 47%) ET7: 1,707 (new) Total: 7,024 (up 5% year-over-year)